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Name : Alfred William Roach. Son of Florence Roach of Whitwell, Isle of Wight. Born 1888 Whitwell. |
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Census Information :
1891 : Alfred Roach, aged 2, is with his mother Florence, and his grandparents John and Edith Roach, at Kemming, Whitwell. 1901 : Albert and Florence Bushnell, with her son Alfred Roach aged 12, are at Kemming, Whitwell. Albert Bushnell is an Ordinary Agricultural labourer. 1911 : Alfred Roach, aged 22, is a Gunner with 92nd Bty., Royal Field Artillery, at Trimulgherry, Deccan, India. His mother and step-father are at 2 Down Lane, Ventnor. |
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Service details : Gunner 47257 Alfred William Roach, 115th Bty. Royal Field Artillery. | |
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Died : 13 October 1915 aged 26 Buried at : Vermelles British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. CWGC record ... |
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Commemorated on these Memorials :
Whitwell War Memorial County War Memorial, Carisbrooke Castle |
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Documents and Newspaper cuttings :
ISLE OF WIGHT MERCURY
Friday, October 29, 1915 Page 1 Gunner Alfred Bushnell, who formerly lived at Lowtherville, has been killed in action in France. It appears that the preceding report has used his step-father's surname rather than his own
ISLE OF WIGHT MERCURY
Friday, November 5, 1915 Page 4 Rifleman Vanasche, a Ventnor lad, not out of his teens, has come home wounded from the Dardanelles. Two Whitwell men have laid down their lives on the field of honour, George Henry Chick and Alfred William Roach.
ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY PRESS
Saturday, November 6, 1915 ROACH - Killed in action in France, Oct 13th, Gunner Alfred William Roach, R.F.A., the dearly beloved and only son of Mrs. Bushnell, of Whitwell, aged 26. Brother of Lillian May Roach, of Ivy Cottage, Whitwell, Ventnor. |
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Acknowledgments :
Janet Griffin for additional newspaper research |
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Page last updated : 4 October 2011 |
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